Yoruba Ashoke Textile 4, Nigeria


 

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YORUBA, Ashoke Textile 4, 77x57", $150, SOLD, Nigeria

Woven in narrow strips of machine-spun cotton, these textiles have sections of openwork, with the holes linked by decorative, carry-over threads. Motifs laid in by weft patterns often symbolize stylized plants or Koran boards.

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